Google Street View show new images from nuclear evacuation zone

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New images are now available on Google Street View from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake-affected areas in Japan. This is the entrance to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. Google are also publishing imagery of new areas within the Fukushima Exclusion Zone, including the abandoned towns Ōkuma and Futaba.

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– We hope that providing this new street-level imagery on Google Maps can make the memories of the disaster relevant and palpable for future generations, says Kei Kawai, Group Product Manager, Street View.

Futaba Machi, Fukushima Prefecture:
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Soccer practice in Colombia

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Aerial view

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Wet in Colombia

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Kids welcome Google Street View to Colombia

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New Zealand get a Google Street View refresh

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Google released tons of new images today from New Zealand. Almost every public road in New Zealand are now on Street View according to Google. In a few months images from New Zealand’s Great Walks will be available too, thanks to the Google Trecker (cam on backpack).

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Many images from NZ are still from 2009, but the new images released by Google today were taken in 2012.

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